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"...blu-ray has 50-60% advantage in both audio/video bitrate capacity..." - But Oscar, ...

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In Reply to: RE: Blu-ray has "important" (?) advantages relevant to picture/sound quality.... posted by oscar on November 29, 2007 at 19:04:38

...how much storage capacity does the human brain actually have and how much of it is ever actually used? The fact that space is available doesn't mean that the 'container' is ever going to be utilized to maximum benefit! Ummm, ...food for thought!
I have to concur with the Consumer Reports analysis based on some of the comparisons I've seen and my own experience with HD: the picture quality of both formats is virtually identical. If I were ascribing points to the plus and minus columns of both formats HD would probably come out on top because Blu-ray's hardware costs so much more (i.e., when the extra space available on Blu-ray discs isn't being utilized) that it cancels out any theoretical value of BD over HD. Add that to BD's robust region blocking which appeals to studio greed (or pirating paranoia) much more than it does educated consumers who may like the option of purchasing HD films and television programming from other regions of the world and you have a potential deal-breaker.
Cheers,
AuPh
PS: BTW, if you still in need of a switcher (HDMI as opposed to the DVI switcher I offered earlier), I now have a spare HDMI switcher after upgrading to the Oppo HM-31 (which is sturdier and has a few more bells and whistles, such as signal equalizer and support of long cable lengths); I'll loan the spare to you or sell it to you cheap if you're interested. Oh, almost forgot, see ya at the ORAC auction. :o)

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